God's Provision, Moses

“They lived by sight and not by faith. They chose to complain about God's provision. They undermined God's leadership in the man of Moses and Caleb. And ultimately they threatened to abandon God and run from their calling. And so they didn't didn't just feel fear.”

“They determined again, for like the 15th time, to let what they saw operate what they were going to have in countenance in their hearts instead of faith. They lived by sight and not by faith. They chose to complain about God's provision. They undermined God's leadership in the man of Moses and Caleb, and ultimately they threatened to abandon God and run from their calling. And so they didn't just feel fear.”

“If you're afraid of your calling, that's where the power is. It's not in your gifting, it's not in the provision of God. That stuff's there. But are you walking in the presence? His presence is not where we start, it's where we stay if we want to be effective for the kingdom. So, God invites us. He invites us into his presence. Number two, God interrupts us. He interrupts He interrupts us, and he does that for a reason. He He He does it to forge our faith and help us to defeat our fear.”

“We see the provision that God gives them in the pillar of cloud by day, the pillar of fire by night, the manna to keep them fed so they don't die of hunger in the midst of the desert. And in view of all of this miraculous grace, things get quiet for a few days because Moses has gone up onto the mountain to receive the word from the Lord and the people go off and they do their own thing. They get impatient.”

“I love that picture. He also wanted he fed them bread from heaven called mana. They just appeared every day. I love that. It was like publish from the sky. I love that. Um and it was just enough for the day. They didn't take too much. If they did, it was full. I mean, that's a whole lesson in itself.”

“Do not turn from it to the right hand or the left, that you may have good success wherever you go. The provision of Joshua acts as a symbol of God's covenant with his people. His very life, Joshua's life, it serves as the guarantee of the divine promise. Moses is dead, but Joshua is alive.”

“All he wants us to know is he is enough and we can trust him. Hudson Taylor, missionary, said this, all God's giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reckoned on his power.”